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The word 'urnae'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
urnaeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.73118
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 2
WCE - West Central 41.4 9 4
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 43.4 8 5
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 12 9 5
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of urnae in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
The boys urnae up tae much. Howie's aw mooth on page 1

2 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
his faimily, bit if the fish urnae wantin' tae be caught, hell c on page 15

1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
on the phone, said, 'See, men urnae jist as gleg as they think th on page 59
ney said. 'Pocket calculators urnae allowed in this schuil onyhow on page 68
Ah dae,' Matilda said. 'Weans urnae as dour as big folk and they on page 74
s fae the criminal unnerworld urnae kent fur their guid manners.' on page 117

4 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
e only wans at the party that urnae drinkin an that's cause he's on page 61
r. How no, said Charlene, You urnae religious. Ah don't fancy it, on page 106
r talks tae her when his pals urnae there. Ah've tried tae tell h on page 169

3 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The best things in life urnae bocht wi loans on page 141

1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Wur Empire's Guid, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
Tae cuir ye whan ye urnae weel
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
this rate! Well, times tables urnae the thing: Geography, that's on page 19

1 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
But the toilets urnae joost bogging; they don't hav on page 61

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
jist the way it is. Da's jist urnae on the cairds fur me: on page 1

3 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ae a few bob in their tail an urnae feart tae spend it; an when t
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin 378, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
saucer of Vortex? Naw…they urnae faw’in fir it. Coo coo fuck
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ns like tae use. Hauf ay them urnae even oors.
1 matches

General Central

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
They urnae uised tae seein
urnae available
2 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
@TheLoneWolf1969 ?? Ye urnae and i wont listen if ye say y(2020)

@billykayscot tweeted
@Reeni2014 Am urnae wis aw ower west central Scot(2020)

@Chazzbat tweeted
If folk urnae wearin face masks on public t(2020)
an the folk she's interviewin urnae observin social distancin, or(2020)
Ye're worrying too much. Thur urnae eneuch stories aboot Scottish(2020)
If the polis urnae racist, why dae we niver hear(2020)

@fairpechtoot tweeted
EAL world?' Cos, ken, schuils urnae the real world; they're mythi(2019)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
"Ah'm share they urnae th richt words," said pair Ah on page 19

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Naw Ah'm urnae, I'm not, on page 14

1 matches

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